Personal goal setting eHealth component associated with improved weight loss at 6 months: A mixed methods secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Goal setting is a behavior change technique associated with improved change in outcomes. Digital (eHealth, mHealth) behavior change interventions often prescribe all goals with no opportunity for participants to create and track their own; thus, little is known about the types of goals participants create for themselves and their impacts on behavioral outcomes. This analysis describes the goals created by participants using an optional personal goal-setting component and evaluates the association between participant goal creation and weight loss in an eHealth adult weight loss intervention.

Methods

This represents a mixed methods QUANT-qual design to understand the types of goals users create for themselves and their impacts on behavior change outcomes. Qualitative

SUBMITTER: Hurley L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363047 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature